Major League (film)

Major League
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid S. Ward
Written byDavid S. Ward
Produced byChris Chesser
Irby Smith
Starring
CinematographyReynaldo Villalobos
Edited byDennis M. Hill
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • April 7, 1989 (1989-04-07)
Running time
106 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11 million
Box office$75 million[2]

Major League is a 1989 American sports comedy film produced by Chris Chesser and Irby Smith, written and directed by David S. Ward, that stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, James Gammon, Bob Uecker, Rene Russo, Margaret Whitton, Dennis Haysbert, and Corbin Bernsen.

Telling the story of a single regular season of a fictionalized version of the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team, Major League grossed $75 million worldwide from an $11 million budget and spawned two sequels (Major League II and Major League: Back to the Minors), neither of which repeated the success of the original film.

  1. ^ "MAJOR LEAGUE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 6, 1989. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Morgan Creek Prods. Box Office". Variety. February 15, 1993. p. 46.